Axe

Museum number:
9-11469
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
ax, wood handle with metal blade; length 82.5 cm / blade 16 cm x 9.5 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
handle— length 82.5 centimeters, blade— length 16 centimeters, and blade— width 9.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Axe, accession number 9-11469, described as ax, wood handle with metal blade; length 82.5 cm / blade 16 cm x 9.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Axe, accession number 9-11469, described as ax, wood handle with metal blade; length 82.5 cm / blade 16 cm x 9.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 9-11469, described as ax, wood handle with metal blade; length 82.5 cm / blade 16 cm x 9.5 cm

Tools